From 5454ebe53b28e0c934ed77fc3e180dcb88ccfc1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: imlew Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:51:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: I guess this question is about backends --- ...ent_1_0f16c72ed7bcba01398b36cb8b3cee08._comment | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_1_0f16c72ed7bcba01398b36cb8b3cee08._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_1_0f16c72ed7bcba01398b36cb8b3cee08._comment b/doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_1_0f16c72ed7bcba01398b36cb8b3cee08._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8d94f7094a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_1_0f16c72ed7bcba01398b36cb8b3cee08._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="imlew" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/23858c3eed3c3ea9e21522f4c999f1ed" + subject="I guess this question is about backends" + date="2023-11-16T12:51:59Z" + content=""" +As so often happens, search the docs for hours and don't find anything and right after I asking the question I found a (seemingly) relevant page I had somehow missed before. + +In this case [backends](https://git-annex.branchable.com/backends/). + +Creating a new annex repo on a drive that already had the data but no repo and changing the backend to `WORM` (with `git config --local --add annex.backend WORM`) seems to have made things a little bit faster. Adding the first 3.5GB file in just under 2 minutes and `git status` returning after 44 seconds when first run and thereafter returning instantaneously. However adding all ~3TB in the repo is shaping up to take multiple days anyway. + +Is there anything else I've missed? I don't see what could be taking so long if all that is being checked is mtime, name and size. +"""]]